February 4, 2008
UPDATE: Two San Francisco Skiers Still Missing Found Safe
Patrick Frost, 35, and Christopher Gerwig, 32, of San Francisco are still nowhere to be found since reported missing since reported missing last Saturday night at Alpine Meadows, just north of Lake Tahoe. Described as "expert skiers," Frost and Gerwig were last seen on Saturday morning at an Alpine Meadows bar "listening to advice about different outlying areas to ski."
New snow layers blanketing the mountains this weekend, as well as high winds, have made the search that more difficult. But! According to Placer County sheriff Sergeant Allan Carter, their chances of survival are "pretty good." 15 members of the Alpine Meadows' ski patrol joined a 10-person sheriff's team in effort to find the skiers.
Carter also says that the best thing to do in a situation like this is to remain positive and...build a snow shelter. Fun! Find out how, here.
UPDATE: They've been found alive. Hallelujah.
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They've been found alive.
Yep...
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Great news.
i demand to know if they built a snow shelter.
these guys are so luck the weather broke. they should be dead. do not go into the back country without someone that has gone before, everyone with a transceiver, everyone with a shovel and cell phone and everyone having something to eat for at least a day as a ration. powerbars or something similar.
they were just on channel 2 brock. they dug cave's both nights and followed a drainage ditch down hoping it would lead them to civilization. a helicopter spotted them 7 miles from alpine.
total darwin move!
it's dumping record amounts of snow and you feel the need to risk your life going out of bounds.
dumb ass fucking losers!
i hope they bill them for the entire costs of the search and rescue. probably a million dollars.
They could (and most likely will) be fined for the search effort.